Surfin' FUE

"Einstein was a Surfer"

A previous post mentioned that there has been a huge outbreak of surf schools this year. Greyrocks intended to make more of this in the last post about the final week, but forgot because these photos were shot on a mobile phone and got lost.
The fact is that in the final phase of Greyrocks' season the strong wind was almost constantly between NNW and NNE, which is bad news for most tourists and residents, but bliss for surfers of all sorts. (Well - not for the increasingly popular form of SUP!) At our nearest point on the promenade there were frequent waves forceful enough to through up the picon onto the pavement.
Despite a total lack of experience of the activity Greyrocks has developed a fondness for it. Firstly the tourists it brings into Corralejo (many Italian, from the Peninsula or German) are exactly what the authorities don't want to encourage, but it has brought down the price of beer, and injected some budget places to stay. A great antidote to the ludicrous obsession with 5* All-Inclusive etc!


Paseo Maritima de Bristol Playa

Second it ties in with Greyrocks' musical find of the season. A great deal has been heard (and watched on YouTube) by Jimmy Buffett chez nous. The sentiments in the lyrics strike many chords with Greyrocks as over-aged beach bums (or "parrot-heads).. such as "It may be 12.30 but it's 5 o'clock somewhere!"
So when we saw this in the window of a surf shop it had to be captured and associated with this this.